Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1484arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1479arrow-down1external-linkThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square99fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareSagifurius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoIs there another way to express it except : ?
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months ago10 to 1. Many style guides require numbers lower than 10 to be spelt out. Many people think that what style guides say is “correct”
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI will never accept spelt nor smelt, unless we’re talking about grains and ore refining, respectively.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThat’s fine. Spelled vs spelt is different regionally in the UK. I was taught “spelled”, I say it as spelled, but more often than not I type it spelt because it’s easier on a glass keyboard
minus-squareSagifurius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoOh. Yeah I’ve never read a style guide.
Is there another way to express it except : ?
10 to 1. Many style guides require numbers lower than 10 to be spelt out. Many people think that what style guides say is “correct”
I will never accept spelt nor smelt, unless we’re talking about grains and ore refining, respectively.
That’s fine. Spelled vs spelt is different regionally in the UK. I was taught “spelled”, I say it as spelled, but more often than not I type it spelt because it’s easier on a glass keyboard
Oh. Yeah I’ve never read a style guide.